Saturday, April 11, 2009

Thing 9 -- Explore Online Video Sharing Sites

I use YouTube all the time and I already had an account, but this is the first time I've ever posted a comment. I use TeacherTube, also, but I didn't realize SchoolTube was available, so I checked it out. I signed up for the video of the day so that I can see the type of videos students are creating. It might be fun to try this with my students (once I get the equipment).

YouTube is blocked to students at our school, but teachers can access it. I've shown videos from both YouTube and TeacherTube on search tools, boolean operators (that's where I left my comment a few minutes ago), computer components, and others. It's a great resource in the classroom, especially since new videos are added frequently and the videos are usually fairly short. This is important to keep students' attention.

I also use YouTube personally to listen to my favorite songs during my planning period. I don't have an ipod, so I just load videos of songs so that I can hear the songs while I'm working (and basically ignore the videos).

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